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What does 'remove from heat' mean?
Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused> burner?
Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?

What does 'stir frequently' mean?
Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?

What does 'stir occasionally' mean?
Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your way to another
room?

Just curious.

Others?

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Kswck wrote:
> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused> burner?
> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?

Remove from heat generally means to take it off the burner. It is
usually not enough to simply turn the burner off. Some burners stay hot
for a long time. I used to have solid burners. They took a long time to
heat up and an long time to cool off. It might be different with a gas
stove because pots and pans tend to be slightly elevated, but the
brackets on top will retain heat.


> What does 'stir frequently' mean?
> Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?
>
> What does 'stir occasionally' mean?
> Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your way to another
> room?

I guess that it depends on what you are cooking. Some things tend to
burn easily or solidify. It may just be the author's use of words.

Before you ask "stir constantly" generally means to stir constantly :-)

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Kswck wrote on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:06:55 -0400:

> What does 'stir frequently' mean?
> Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?

> What does 'stir occasionally' mean?
> Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your
> way to another room?

> Just curious.

Usually just too late to stop the stuff from sticking to the pot :-)


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On Oct 31, 12:06*pm, "Kswck" > wrote:
> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused> burner?
> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?
>
> What does 'stir frequently' mean?
> Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?
>
> What does 'stir occasionally' mean?
> Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your way to another
> room?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Others?

Got a little too much alone time?

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"Kswck" > wrote in message
...
> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused>
> burner?
> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?

It means just what it says--remove from heat. Turn the heat off and take the
pot off of the burner, which is still warm. Remove from heat.

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"Kswck" > wrote in message
...
> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused>
> burner?

move the pot/pan to an area off the stove - the grates retain a level of
heat.

> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?

No move it means move it.

>
> What does 'stir frequently' mean?
> Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?

As often as necessary to prevent an adverse reaction - like the bottom
burning

>
> What does 'stir occasionally' mean?

> Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your way to
> another room?

Now and then



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Kswck wrote:
> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused> burner?
> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?

Remove even from source of residual heat, even if the burner is now off.
I'd just turn off my gas burner usually unless it were something very
fragile would I actually move the pot. On an electric burner I'd remove
it to a cold burner.
>
> What does 'stir frequently' mean?
> Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?

Stir enough that it doesn't burn to the bottom.
>
> What does 'stir occasionally' mean?
> Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your way to another
> room?

Stir enough that it doesn't burn to the bottom.

Everything has its own viscosity and propensity to come together or to
burn. I guess as chief cook and bottle washer my job is to be able to
sense the difference between the two and act accordingly. Lucky for me I
can manage to do so easily, almost unthinkingly.

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On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:12:49 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Kswck wrote:
>> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
>> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused> burner?
>> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?
>
>Remove from heat generally means to take it off the burner. It is
>usually not enough to simply turn the burner off. Some burners stay hot
>for a long time. I used to have solid burners. They took a long time to
>heat up and an long time to cool off. It might be different with a gas
>stove because pots and pans tend to be slightly elevated, but the
>brackets on top will retain heat.
>
>
>> What does 'stir frequently' mean?
>> Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?
>>
>> What does 'stir occasionally' mean?
>> Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your way to another
>> room?
>
>I guess that it depends on what you are cooking. Some things tend to
>burn easily or solidify. It may just be the author's use of words.
>
>Before you ask "stir constantly" generally means to stir constantly :-)

At what speed? slow? fast? clockwise? counterclockwise? ____________?
____________?

Quite a stircase!

:-)

sayonara
Martin Mose Larsen

Now, I'm not a cook!

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In article >,
"Kswck" > wrote:

> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused> burner?
> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?

To me, it means remove it from the burner to a cool part of the stove or
a trivet.

>
> What does 'stir frequently' mean?
> Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?

To me it means stand over it, fuss over it and stir every 30 seconds or
less.

>
> What does 'stir occasionally' mean?
> Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your way to another
> room?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Others?

Occasionally to me would be as I thought about it, or saw it bubbling.
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In article >,
"Kswck" > wrote:

> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused> burner?
> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?

Come over here, Keith; I have to smack you upside the head. "Remove
from heat" means you take it off a hot burner (if electric) or turn off
the gas. You put it where there's no heat beneath it. You goof! <g>
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Who Said Chickens Have Fingers?
10-30-2009

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On Oct 31, 3:06*pm, "Kswck" > wrote:
> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused> burner?
> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?

It means 'remove from heat.'

>
> What does 'stir frequently' mean?
> Every 2 minutes or 30 seconds?

It depends. If the shit burns in two minutes, then you should stir it
more frequently than every two minutes. And so on.

>
> What does 'stir occasionally' mean?
> Every 5 minutes or when you have to pass the kitchen on your way to another
> room?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Others?

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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Kswck" > wrote:
>
>> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
>> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused>
>> burner?
>> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?
>
> Come over here, Keith; I have to smack you upside the head. "Remove
> from heat" means you take it off a hot burner (if electric) or turn off
> the gas. You put it where there's no heat beneath it. You goof! <g>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Who Said Chickens Have Fingers?
> 10-30-2009

Who's Keith?

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In article >,
"Kswck" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Kswck" > wrote:
> >
> >> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
> >> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused>
> >> burner?
> >> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?
> >
> > Come over here, Keith; I have to smack you upside the head. "Remove
> > from heat" means you take it off a hot burner (if electric) or turn off
> > the gas. You put it where there's no heat beneath it. You goof! <g>
> > --
> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> > http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Who Said Chickens Have Fingers?
> > 10-30-2009
>
> Who's Keith?

Apparently, not you. I was confusing you with someone else.
Come over here, kswck; I have to smack you upside the head. :-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Who Said Chickens Have Fingers?
10-30-2009

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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Kswck" > wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > In article >,
>> > "Kswck" > wrote:
>> >
>> >> What does 'remove from heat' mean?
>> >> Turn off the heat or turn it off and put the pan on another <unused>
>> >> burner?
>> >> Does it matter if the heat is gas or electric?
>> >
>> > Come over here, Keith; I have to smack you upside the head. "Remove
>> > from heat" means you take it off a hot burner (if electric) or turn off
>> > the gas. You put it where there's no heat beneath it. You goof! <g>
>> > --
>> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>> > http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Who Said Chickens Have Fingers?
>> > 10-30-2009
>>
>> Who's Keith?
>
> Apparently, not you. I was confusing you with someone else.
> Come over here, kswck; I have to smack you upside the head. :-)
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Who Said Chickens Have Fingers?
> 10-30-2009

Yes, Maam.